Patents by Inventor Paul Fera

Paul Fera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Quick directory search system on a touch screen device and methods thereof
    Patent number: 9317625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directory search system. Searching can be provided in a very intuitive manner through a graphical user interface that is part of a search application provided on an electronic device. The search system can employ a first letter of a first name combined with a first letter of a last name to quickly find contacts to dial without the use of a keyboard. Each letter can be associated with a pointer that is slidable along alphabet identifiers. By filtering contacts within the directory using the first letter of the first name and first letter of the last names, the user can retrieve a short list of potential contacts that the user wishes to retrieve information about. With thousands of possible entries, filtering using the first letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name often returns a short list of matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Francis Couse, Paul Fera
  • Quick directory search system on a touch screen device and methods thereof
    Publication number: 20120287052
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directory search system. Searching can be provided in a very intuitive manner through a graphical user interface that is part of a search application provided on an electronic device. The search system can employ a first letter of a first name combined with a first letter of a last name to quickly find contacts to dial without the use of a keyboard. Each letter can be associated with a pointer that is slidable along alphabet identifiers. By filtering contacts within the directory using the first letter of the first name and first letter of the last names, the user can retrieve a short list of potential contacts that the user wishes to retrieve information about. With thousands of possible entries, filtering using the first letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name often returns a short list of matches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Francis Couse, Paul Fera